Rain to bring brief relief from dry spell

A satellite image of the West Coast Tuesday morning shows a storm front approaching the Bay Area.

A satellite image of the West Coast Tuesday morning shows a storm front approaching the Bay Area.

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Rain to bring brief relief from dry spell

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(03-05) 09:44 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A smattering of lamb-like rain is expected to fall Tuesday night across the Bay Area. But after a drizzle on Thursday, there's no lion in sight.

And that's bad news for Bay Area residents counting on a "March Miracle" to salvage what has turned into an abnormally dry rainy season, said Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.

A half inch of rain should start falling around 10 p.m. Tuesday in downtown San Francisco and other parts of the metropolitan Bay Area, Anderson said. It should largely be gone by the morning commute.